Induction motor



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Y UNITED s'rA es JOHN I. fi SCHENEC'LADY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOB-TO GENERAL ELECTBIG COI- Pm, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

DEDUCTION. MOTOR.

Application fled February 9, 1924. Serial No. 691,796.

My invention relates to induction motors arranged to operate at unity power factor, and has for its object the provision of means for improving the starting characteristics oi such motors in a simple, .reliable and efiective manner. k

It is well known that the current of an induction motor diflers in phase from the volta e by which the current is caused to flow ue to the fact that this current is reuired both to produce torque and to supply the magnetizing current of the machine.

Thus in the case of the induction motor the ing less as the load current of the motor is increased. Since the angle by which the current lags behind the voltage varies w th load, a leading component voltage of var aitude is required to produce unity power actor at different motor loads. For ractical purposes however. it is often satisactory to construct the motor for unity power factor operation under the load conditions at whichv it is most commonly operated. To thisend it has been proposed to provide a commutator winding mounted on the primary core member and arranged to inject into the motor secondary clrcuit an electromotive force in quadrature with the slip voltage and of a value calculated to supply the magnetizing current of the motor. In accordance with my invention such a motor is provided with means adapted both to improve its starting characteristics and to avoid the commutation difliculties involved'in conducting the entire load current through the brushes of the machlne.

My invention will be better understood on reference to the following description when considered in connection with the accompanying drawing and its scope will be pointed outin the appended claims.

Referring now to the drawing, Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic showing of a motor in which my'invention has been embodied; Fig.

2 is a fragmentary view showing the relation between the phase wound secondary and squirrel cage windings. Figs. 3 and 4 4 differ from Figs. 1 and 2 in that the single squirrel cage winding is replaced by a double squirrel cage winding.

Fig. 1 shows an induction motor comprlsing a-polyphase primary winding 1 and a commutator exciting winding-2 each illustrated as wound upon the lotor-member'of the motor. The secondary winding 3 of the motor isplaced on the motor stator member and is conductively associated with the .coinmutator winding 2 through brushes 4 and leads 5. The primary windingl is arranged to be connected to a source of alternating current 7 through switch 8 and leads 9, 10 and 11. A squirrel cage winding 12 is provided for the purpose of giving the motor a hi hstarting torque, the resistance of this win ing being so chosen as to give the most desirable starting characteristic. The winding 12, as indicated by Fig. 2, is preferably placed in peripheral slots near the air gap of the machine while the secondary winding 3 is placed in deeply embedded slots. This loose magnetic coupling between the windings 12 and 3 makes possible great leakage flux between the two windings and facilitates the starting of the motor due to the fact that atstarting most of the induced current is forced through the squirrel cage.

two squirrel cage windings as arranged in the well-known double squirrel cage induction motor The commutaa or winding 3 can carry the exciting current just as it would in the case the squirrel cage were not used.

Figs. 3 and 4 show a further modification in which the single squirrel cage winding 12 is replaced by a double squirrel cage winding 13-14 the squirrel cage winding 14 being .wound in a set of slots intermediate those in which the windings 3 and 13 are placed. An advantage of thisarrangement over that illustrated by Fig. 2 is that the squirrel cage winding 14 can be made of very low .relative resistance and so can carry a substantial portion ofthe working current of the motor without the necessity of passing it through the brushes of the commutator 3.

With the motor arranged as shown in Fig. 1, the interaction of the primary winding-.1

and the seconds winding 3 is much the sameas in the or inary phase wound induction motor except that by means of the commutator winding 2 there is injected. into the secondary winding 3 an electromotive force of a phase and magnitude required to supply a part or all of the magnetizing current of the machine or even to cause the machine to supply leading current to the line. The

most effective sition of the brushes 4 is that in which th: voltage impressed on sec-. ondary winding 3 by the commutator winding 2 is approximately in uadrature with the slip voltage in the case 0 ordinary loads. Under these conditions the hase of the secondary current is most e ectivel shifted in a manner to supply the desire percentage of the motor magnetizin current. The motor will operate with a s ightly greater value of leadin line current at no 0 at full load an if adjustedv for no wattless current at no load it will take but a slight lag ing current at full load.

'l he exciting winding 2 is inductively related to the prima winding 1. This arrangement is of particular advantage in that the value of the voltage generated in the exciting winding is practically independent of the motor load and makes it ible to supply the magnetizing 'current'o the motor even when operating at zero load.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. An induction motor comprising cooperating relatively movable primary pnd secondary members, a commutated windingon said prima member, said secondary member comprislng a slotted magnetic structure carrying a air of squirrel cage windings .and an exciting winding, the latter being excited from said commutated winding, the

ad thancharacterized nee-25041 wind' on the second bein laced at difl'er n t radial depths ii i the sfiat thereof with the excitin winding beneath and separated from eacE other by intermediate air gaps in the magnetic structure.

- 2. An induction motor comprising cooperating relatively movable prima and secondary members, a commutated winding on said prim member, said secondary member comprising'a slotted ma etic structure carrying a squirrel cage win ing and an excitin winding, the latter being excited from t e commutated winding on the rimary member, the windings on the secon ary member being placed at different radial depths in the slots thereof with the exciting winding beneath and spaced apart by inter-.

mediate air gaps in the magnetic structure.

3. An induction motor comprising relatively movable primary and secondary windings, a commutator winding immovably re-- lated to one of said windings and conductivel associated with the other of said win ings for controlling the magnetizing current of the motor, and a squirrel ca windin adjacent to and loosely magnetical y couple with said other winding for improving the starting characteristics of said motor.

4. An alternating current motor comprising relatively movable primary and secondary windings and a'commutator winding immovably related to said primary winding for controllin the excitation of said motor,

the fact that a short-circuited winding adiacent to. and loosely ma netically cou led with said secondary winding is provi ed for improving .the starting characteristics of said motor.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 7th day of February 1924.

i JOHN I. HULL. 

